SXU student leaders presented at the NACURH conference

On May 24-May 28, the Residence Hall Association (RHA) and Residence Life sent seven
SXU student leaders to Arizona State University, Tempe to attend the annual national
conference for the National Association of College and University Residence Halls
(NACURH).

To learn more about these sessions, the short descriptions have been provided below.
The conference theme is "Broadway" and the program sessions were developed to align
with that theme.

Caitlin Ross (presenting 2 sessions):

"Hakuna Matata" -- information about reducing stress following the hands-on creation
of a Worry Pet.

"Bullet Journals" -- learning to organize all aspects of their life through the creation
and personalization of their own bullet journal, learning more about organization
and how to be a successful student leader.

Tori Wilson -- "Elsa's Guide to Letting it Go!" -- a guide to learning healthy ways to deal with
stress, especially through meditation.

Jose Tinajero (presenting 2 sessions):

"Born This Way" -- promoting self-love and self-acceptance, while designing a personal
pin with something that makes their pin uniquely their own and brings them closer
to self-acceptance.

"Your Leadership Playbill Presented By: You!" -- an opportunity to make their own
Leadership Playbill with notes about their current leadership skills and leadership
skills they would like to have.

Monica Justice -- "It's a Hard Knock College Life!" -- keeping a healthy lifestyle and learning
the basics to maintain a healthy mind and body.

Rene Haskins -- "The Cursed Child: Casting Reducto on Heteronormativity" -- learning about the
damaging effects of heteronormativity in our culture, our media, and on our campuses
and how you can fight back against it.

Annette Carreon -- "Shining a Light on First Generation College Residents" -- understanding first
generation residents at our universities a little better.

At this conference, more than 2,500 student leaders gathered. We are proud that our
delegation presented an incredible nine sessions at the conference!